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* AlliterativeName: '''Pro'''fessor '''Pro'''ton.


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* NotSoAboveItAll: He has a grumpy and bitter disposition, but whenever he meets Penny or thinks she's around, even he can't resist flirting with her a little and acts a lot more spry to the point where he can ''run'' despite struggling to do so otherwise.

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** She receives a brutal one from Penny, who calls out her habit for bailing too quickly [[spoiler:in her relationship with Raj.]] Penny even flat-out calls her "a bad person."

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** She receives a brutal one from Penny, who calls out her habit for of bailing too quickly [[spoiler:in her relationship with Raj.]] Penny even flat-out calls her "a bad person."



* WhamEpisode: The Season 6 finale, when [[spoiler:she breaks up with Raj, curing him of his selective mutism.]]

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In earlier episodes, he was a CoolLoser contrast to the group, but was able to successfully flirt with and ask Penny out, and in his first appearance even ''Sheldon'' thought Stuart was cooler than Leonard ("Stuart is taller, artistic, self-employed and, most significantly, he gets 45 percent off comic books"). Over time he becomes a StrawLoser who is even more pathetic and helpless than the main guys, to point he lives in the store due to financial problems and his poverty and depression becoming a RunningGag. At least some of this could be described as a falling out over how his relationship with Penny ended and a series of soul-crushing problems that killed his self-esteem. His social skills fluctuate depending on the episode, [[OvershadowedByAwesome among the main characters]] he's fairly pathetic but in the real world he's slightly better.

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In earlier episodes, he was a CoolLoser contrast to the group, but was able to successfully flirt with and ask Penny out, and in his first appearance even ''Sheldon'' thought Stuart was cooler than Leonard ("Stuart is taller, artistic, self-employed and, most significantly, he gets 45 percent off comic books"). Over time he becomes a StrawLoser who is even more pathetic and helpless than the main guys, to point he lives in the store due to financial problems and his poverty and depression becoming a RunningGag. At least some of this could be described as a falling out over how his relationship with Penny ended and a series of soul-crushing problems that killed his self-esteem. His social skills fluctuate depending on the episode, [[OvershadowedByAwesome among the main characters]] he's fairly pathetic but in the real world he's slightly better.

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* WastedBeauty: Penny finds him incredibly attractive and very kindhearted, but unfortunately his brainlessness is way too much of a turn-off for her to actually develop a romantically interest in him. Tellingly, the woman he ends up with by the end of the series is somebody who's both good-looking and really stupid like him.

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* WastedBeauty: Penny finds him incredibly attractive and very kindhearted, but unfortunately his brainlessness is way too much of a turn-off for her to actually develop a romantically genuine romantic interest in him. Tellingly, the woman he ends up with by the end of the series is somebody who's both good-looking and really stupid like him.



* BigBeautifulWoman: Slight example, compared to Penny, Priah, and the other women Leonard has dated, she's a bit shorter and stouter, but both Leonard and Howard found her attractive.

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* BigBeautifulWoman: Slight example, compared to Penny, Priah, Priya, and the other women Leonard has dated, she's a bit shorter and stouter, but both Leonard and Howard found her attractive.






A timid girl Raj met at a [[{{Irony}} "Lonely Hearts"]] valentines party. She is painfully awkward and shy but tries to get through her neurosis by going outside her comfort zone.

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A timid girl Raj met at a [[{{Irony}} "Lonely Hearts"]] valentines valentine's party. She is painfully awkward and shy but tries to get through her neurosis by going outside her comfort zone.



* NoSocialSkills: Due to having anxiety, she's really shy and apprehensive around people.












* TwoferTokenMinority: A deaf and mute woman.





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* DeadpanSnarker: Mostly around Sheldon, even once suggesting that he go vacation in Afghanistan.
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* {{Jerkass}}: [[MeanBoss Mostly towards Howard]] for not having a Ph.D.

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* {{Jerkass}}: JerkassToOne: He's very condescending and sarcastic towards [[MeanBoss Mostly towards Howard]] for not having a Ph.D.

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* CoolOldGuy: Once you get past the grumpiness, he is very friendly.

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* CoolOldGuy: Once you get past the grumpiness, he is very friendly.friendly and he's shown to have a lot of patience with Sheldon and, to a lesser extent, Leonard even when he's clearly annoyed at how they only know him as Professor Proton.



* GrumpyOldMan: Overall bitter about life and his age, not helped by Sheldon's clinginess towards him.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite being a fully accredited scientist, with a [=PhD=] from the prestigious Cornell University, nobody in the scientific community will take him or his work seriously on account of him having hosted a science show for kids. To add insult to injury, after the show was cancelled, the only way he could make ends meet was by continuing to play Professor Proton to entertain children at birthday parties and the like because that's all people remember about him.
* GrumpyOldMan: Overall Although he's not a jerk about it, he's overall rather bitter about life and his age, not helped by Sheldon's clinginess towards him.



* SitcomArchNemesis: With Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy.

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* SitcomArchNemesis: With Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy. Ironically, Bill himself seems to have nothing but respect and admiration for Arthur, even crediting him as the inspiration for his own show.



'''Arthur Jeffries:''' That's what I told my lawyers.

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'''Arthur Jeffries:''' That's what I told my lawyers.lawyers!



* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending his entire career being considered a joke by his fellow scientists, during his second appearance, Arthur publishes a paper on nano-vaccuum tubes that ''[[InsufferableGenius Sheldon]]'' describes as inspired. And to top it off, he did it with the help of one of the very children who had grown up inspired by his science show.
-->'''Arthur Jeffries:''' This is so exciting! I- I feel... like I'm... seventy-five again! ''(laughs)''



* SitcomArchnemesis: To an extent, he does antagonise Sheldon, however Sheldon idolises him so it's solely one sided.

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* SitcomArchnemesis: To an extent, he does antagonise Sheldon, however but it seems mostly out of good-humor and Sheldon idolises him so it's solely one sided.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite his frustrations with Sheldon and, on occasion, the others, he typically extends to them the professional courtesy of listening to their complaints and suggestions. For example, in one episode, he fully hears Sheldon out on an exorbitant funding request for new experimental equipment, and only turns him down when Sheldon finishes his presentation in a particularly obnoxious manner.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: in an odd version Wheaton's popularity soared amongst Star Trek fans due to his Big Bang appearances.

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